Generations Morning Tea

Friday, 17 March

Loreto Normanhurst has a proud tradition of generations of families entrusting their daughters and, for many years also their sons, to our school for their education.

To celebrate these generations of connection we warmly invite any parent or relative of a current student who has attended a Loreto school to join us on Friday, 17 March for our Generations Morning Tea.

If you are one of our alumnae or your parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle or godparent attended any Loreto school in the world, we would love to have you join us for Communion and morning tea in the Reception Room to celebrate the generations of connection that run through our community.

If you would like to attend, please RSVP here or contact Lauren Kirkby, Community Relations and Events Manager via events@loretonh.nsw.edu.au.

Music Festival

Friday, 24 March
Aware Super Theatre International Convention Centre
14 Darling Drive, Darling Harbour, Sydney

Join us for this beloved Loreto Normanhurst tradition and cheer on your House Choir! You are warmly invited to join our Loreto Normanhurst community for the 2023 Music Festival - a night to celebrate music, dance, felicity and House spirit.

Click here to purchase your tickets.

A call to Stewardship through Justice Seminar Series

Wednesday, 29 March

Click here to register to receive the livestream link.

We are thrilled to announce that we will be hosting ‘A call to Stewardship through Justice’ Seminar Series in 2023' - an exciting series of interactive seminars about feminist theology and the role and experience of women in the Church.

Offered in partnership with the Broken Bay Institute, the seminars feature leading academics and theologians from around the world. The theme of each seminar is unique, with the opportunity to ask questions and focus on action and the future of women in the Church.

We are delighted to invite all members of the Loreto Normanhurst community to join us virtually for the first of these events on Wednesday, 29 March.

Weaving through the Wilderness
The path to accepting mental health

Wednesday, 29 March
This is a livestreamed event.

This seminar will explore mental health and the ways in which people have an equal opportunity to access supportive environments. Hosted by Cristina Lledo Comez and presented by Jessica Coblentz, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Theology at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana USA.

Click here to register to receive the livestream link.

Jessica Coblentz is an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies and Theology at Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana (USA), where her teaching and research focus on Catholic systematic theology, feminist theologies, and mental health in theological perspective. She is the author of Dust in the Blood: A Theology of Life with Depression, and the co-editor of The Human in a Dehumanizing World: Re-examining Theological Anthropology and Its Implications, both published earlier this year. In addition to her contributions to numerous academic journals and essay collections, her writing has been featured in popular venues such the National Catholic Reporter, US Catholic, America, and Give Us This Day, where she is a regular contributor. Before working as a theologian, Coblentz served for several years in Roman Catholic national and diocesan religious education, parish young adult ministry, and college campus ministry. She earned her PhD in systematic theology from Boston College. 

We hope these Seeking Truth seminars will stimulate discussion, highlight global perspectives and bring an alertness and voice to women’s experience of the Church. Please save the following dates for exciting storytelling and discussions to come later in the year.

• Seminar 2: Wednesday, 24 May, 6:00pm -7:00pm
  Refugees and Justice- focusing from a Catholic perspective the theology, a refugee themselves and then advocacy for refugees.
• Seminar 3: Wednesday, 30 August, 6:00pm -7:30pm
  A focus on LGBTQI people and justice and the perspective of ‘just love’ through creation and human dignity.
• Seminar 4: Wednesday, 1 November, 6:00pm -7:30pm
  Mary Ward Justice Forum- to be focused around looking in our own backyard and the vulnerability of women and children, and the need for increased rights for all. (as discussed by Sister Libby).

Booking details and further information will be provided closer to the seminar dates. For further information please contact mission@loretonh.nsw.edu.au

Loreto Lunch and Lyrics - Save the Date!

A Golden Jubilarian Event

Tuesday, 16 May | 12pm-2:30pm

This is a celebration for alumnae who graduated prior to and including 1973.

More information will be available soon.

Normanhurst/Kirribilli Ex-Students Theatre Party

'The Sound of Music'

Sunday, 21 May | 10:45am-2:00pm

The Loreto Normanhurst/Kirribilli Ex-Students' Theatre Party is an annual event in support of Mary Ward International Australia.

In 2023 we are delighted to invite you to 'The Sound of Music' performed by The Willoughby Theatre Company at The Concourse Theatre, Chatswood.

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Please book by Sunday, 16 April.

Alumnae Networking Events

Alumnae Networking Evening

Wednesday, 14 June

Alumnae Networking Breakfast

Wednesday, 25 October

We are calling out to all our alumnae who may be interested in being involved in organising these events: we are looking for expressions of interest or nominations for organisers, speakers, or for a venue for the events. 

Please email normonetwork@loretonh.nsw.edu.au if you can help.

Alumnae Reunion Weekend – Save the Date!

Saturday 23 – Sunday 24 September

All ex-students are invited to join us for a weekend of celebrations at Loreto Normanhurst where you can connect and reunite with ex-students from across the years.

For those year groups with milestone reunions this year, please plan your reunions for this weekend so you can join us for the celebrations at School.

More information will be available soon via the Normo Network.